You smile like you’re still growing into your face
Revealing the perfect gap between front teeth
Bright blue eyes crinkled shut
Blinded by your own inner light  

When you run you do it with every inch of your body 
Your body still fluid and amorphous 
A butterfly recently emerged from a chrysalis 
A deer two hours out of the womb

So new this all must be 
So magical 
So incredible sweet 
The sensation of simply being fully alive